Sack-meter



' H. c. LINK. SACK LIFTER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1.0. 1917.

1,303,692. Patented May 13, 1919.

IN VEN TOR.

11251213 (iLink ATTORNEY.

HENRY C. LINK, 0F STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

SACK-I1IFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 13, 1919.

Application filed September 10, 1917. Serial No. 190,559.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. LINK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stockton, in the county of San Joaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sack- Lifters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in tools used in handling sacks, or other merchandise of the same sort. The obj eot of the invention is to produce a practical means by which the workman can do more work with less strain and wear on his hands and clothes, without the help of machinery. The handling of sacks is very hard, especially when,

they are in the fields lying in the dust and stubble, and my improved sack lifter will be welcomed by all those who are engaged in this kind of work. I have tried it, and have had others try it also, and it has been found very satisfactory.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device, and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is de signed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangements of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

In the drawings similar characters of ref erence indicate corresponding parts in th several views.

Figure l is a front view of my improved sack lifter, showing the side which comes in contact with the sack.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.

Fig. 3 illustrates a pair of sack lifters in the hands of the operator.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the horizontal member which is designed to give the hand a comfortable grip. From each end of the handle, I provide a vertical arm 2 connecting the gripping bar 3 to the member 1. Projecting outwardly from the bar 8 is a plurality of short, pointed members 4 which are designed to penetrate sufliciently into the sacks to give suflicient bearing without making injury. A very light side motion of the hands is sufficient to loosen the grip and release the sack, and with short practice the operator can become an expert in the useful art of handling grain and other products.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfils the object of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted'to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A sack lifter comprising a rectangular frame, the sides of which all lie in substantially the same plane, one side forming a. hand hold, and a plurality of short prongs projecting substantially at right angles from the face of the side opposite the hand hold but forming V-shaped spaces between the hooks and the side of the frame thereabove, whereby the hooks will engage a sack to support the same when the lifter is advanced toward the sack and lifted with the frame thereof held in a substantially vertical plane.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HENRY C. LINK.

' Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

